gpib commands agilent 8960 using ni-max

[neelesh2003@comcast.net]

hi

i am using ni-max to send gpib commands to the agilent8960.

1. when i write the following command in ni-max SYSTem:APPLication:CATalog:FORMat? i get i responce back in ni-max from the agilent 8960 letting me know what state it is in

2. when i write the following command in ni-max SYSTem:APPLication:FORMat '1xEV-DO' i get a error message on the agilent8960 saying illegal parameter value.

do i have to send a \r or a ; in the begining of the command

this is from the agilent8960 manual        SYSTem:APPLication:FORMat[:NAME]

[Anna_K.]

You usually need to append a termination character at the end of GPIB commands, this all depends on the device itself so it might be a better question for Agilent if not stated in the manual.

[Dennis_Knutson]

It seems the instrument is choking on the '1xEV-DO' parameter. You sure you are supposed to use ' to surround the name?

[athreya]

I had a question pretty much similar to the discussion. I am trying to write a perl script to be able to communicate with the AGilent through GPIB. Is that possible at all?

Thanks for the help.

Athreya

[Tanya_V]

Hi Athreya,

NI does not officially support GPIB communication with Perl scripts, but it is possible. I have found a few links that should help you get started with that.

http://search.cpan.org/~jeffmock/GPIB/ni/ni.pm

http://www.labvisa.de/

I hope this helps!